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Model of a Windlass

anonymous · c. 1850 · wood (plant material); brass (alloy)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Model of a spit on a floorboard. The drum, suspended between two cheeks, has no holes for windlasses: the spit is operated with a single windlass on the starboard cheek, which engages a pawl in a gear wheel. In the center stands a support with two wooden pawls that engage the gear section of the drum to prevent backsliding. An additional gear wheel with a pawl is attached to the port cheek. Scale 1:10 (estimate).

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

demonstration model

Credit lineModel of a Windlass. c. 1850. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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